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Rachel Fine Managing Director

Paul Crewes Artistic Director

PRESENTS

MAY 31 - JUNE 2, 2018 Bram Goldsmith Theater

Running Time: 1 hour and 40 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission

Dance @ The Wallis is made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

ARTISTIC DIRECTORSLillian Barbeito and Tina Finkelman Berkett

COMPANYTina Finkelman Berkett, Lorrin Brubaker, Joseph Davis, Haley Heckethorn

Natalie Leibert, Jessica Liu, Guzmán Rosado, Jamal White

COMPANY MANAGERDora Quintanilla

PRODUCTION MANAGERBurke Wilmore

REPRESENTATIONMargaret Selby

President, Selby/Artists Mgmt212-663-3144 | mselby@selbyartistsmgmt.com

BODYTRAFFIC’S DEBUT AT THE WALLIS ANNENBERG CENTERFOR THE PERFORMING ARTS IS SPONSORED BY:

BEYOND THE EDGE OF THE FRAMESynthesizing the worlds of design, fashion, and spectatorship, this works ignites the imagination and explores the complexities of the human condition.CHOREOGRAPHY BY: Sidra BellMUSIC: Perc’s My Head is Slowly Exploding and Wicker & SteelCOSTUME DESIGN: Raquel BarretoLIGHTING DESIGN: Burke WilmoreDANCERS: Tina Finkelman Berkett,Joseph Davis, Natalie Leibert, Jessica Liu, Guzmán Rosado, Jamal WhitePREMIERE: The Joyce Theater, New York, New York, 2012

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FRAGILE DWELLINGS (EXCERPT)I wanted to make a work based on a dialogue with silence and emptiness. Fragile Dwellings is dedicated to the homeless Los Angelinos. – Stijn Celis CHOREOGRAPHY BY: Stijn CelisMUSIC: Arvo Part - Da Pacem, Magnificat, and Nunc Dimittis; Boulez: Sur Incises; Messagesquisse; Anthèmes 2 performed by Hae-Sun KangCOSTUME DESIGN: Stijn Celis and CompanySET & LIGHTING DESIGN: Erwin RedlDANCERS: Joseph Davis, Natalie Leibert, Jessica Liu, Jamal WhitePREMIERE: Luckman Fine Arts Complex,Los Angeles, California, 2011

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Program

A MILLION VOICES (WORLD PREMIERE)A Million Voices is inspired by the great music of Peggy Lee. Lee’s music, in response to the political climate of her time, reminds us that even during dark times, life is worth enjoying.CHOREOGRAPHY BY: Matthew NeenanMUSIC: Performed by Peggy Lee; composed by Robert Sour & Una Mae Carlisle, Johnny Mercer & Harold Arlen, C. Farrow, Irving Berlin, Mike Stoller & Jerry Leiber, Adrian Zing & Benny Goodman,Arthur HamiltonLIGHTING DESIGN: Burke Wilmore COSTUME DESIGN: CompanyDANCERS: Tina Finkelman Berkett, Lorrin Brubaker, Joseph Davis, Haley Heckethorn, Natalie Leibert, Jessica Liu, Guzmán Rosado, Jamal White

This work was made possible in part by Made in Wickenburg Residency Program at Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts with funding from the RH Johnson Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Wellik Foundation, WESTAF and Benner-Nawman.

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GEORGE & ZALMAN (COMPANY PREMIERE)CHOREOGRAPHY BY: Ohad NaharinMUSIC: Arvo Part; Lyrics: Charles Bukowski; Vocals: Bobby SmithCOSTUME DESIGN: Eri NakamuraLIGHTING DESIGN: Yona Avi Bueno (Bambi)DANCER: Tina Finkelman BerkettPREMIERE: Mahol Shalem Festival, Jerusalem, Israel, 2006 Originally created for the Batsheva Ensemble

Thank you to Karen & Nathan Sandler for supporting the adaptation of this work.

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O2JOYAn exuberant homage to American jazz standards, o2Joy is, as its title suggests, an expression of sheer joy through music and movement. CHOREOGRAPHY BY: Richard SiegalMUSIC: Clark Terry, Oscar Peterson, Jimmy McHugh/Dorothy Fields, Gerald Marks/Seymour Simons, Count Basie, Guy Wood/Robert Mellin.MUSIC EDITING: David KaraganisCOSTUME DESIGN: Rita DiLorenzoand Richard SiegalLIGHTING DESIGN: Burke Wilmore based on an original design by Kindred GottliebDANCERS: Tina Finkelman Berkett, Joseph Davis, Natalie Leibert, Guzmán Rosado, Jamal WhitePREMIERE: The Joyce Theater,New York, New York, 2012

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About the Company

BODYTRAFFIC is helping establish Los Angeles as a major center for contemporary dance. Founded in 2007 by Lillian Rose Barbeito and Tina Finkelman Berkett, BODYTRAFFIC has surged to the forefront of the concert dance world, recruiting great talent from around the globe to create world-class contemporary dance by distinctive choreographic voices. Named “the company of the future” by The Joyce Theater Foundation, Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch, and “Best of Culture” by The Los Angeles Times, the company is internationally recognized for their high quality of work. The Los Angeles Times says BODYTRAFFIC is “one of the most talked-about companies - not just in LA, but nationwide.” Repertory includes works by MacArthur Fellow Kyle Abraham, Sidra Bell, Stijn Celis, Sarah Elgart, Alex Ketley, Anton Lachky, Loni Landon, Barak Marshall, Andrea Miller, Laura Gorenstein Miller, Ohad Naharin, Matthew Neenan, Joshua L. Peugh, Arthur Pita, Victor Quijada, Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, Zoe Scofield, Hofesh Shechter, Richard Siegal, and Guy Weizman and Roni Haver. BODYTRAFFIC has performed for sold-out audiences at prestigious theaters and festivals around the world, including The Joyce Theater, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, the Israeli Opera/Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, New York City Center’s Fall for Dance Festival, Chutzpah! Festival in Vancouver, Laguna Dance Festival, The Broad Stage, Santa Monica, the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts at UPenn, World Music/CRASHarts in Boston, the Winspear Opera House, and the American Dance Festival. In 2012, BODYTRAFFIC performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for its opening night gala conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. In 2014, the company collaborated with sculptor Gustavo Godoy for a site-specific piece at The Music Center. In 2016, BODYTRAFFIC made its Hollywood Bowl debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. For BODYTRAFFIC’s current 10th anniversary season the company has toured internationally to over 20 cities, including Moscow and St. Petersburg for the CONTEXT. Diana Vishneva Festival, and

About BODYTRAFFICThe Hague, Netherlands for The Holland Dance Festival. The season will culminate with performances of new repertory at the here at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. In addition to performing, BODYTRAFFIC has an extensive outreach and education program that provides training opportunities for pre-professionals, and customized dance experiences for inner-city schools in Los Angeles, as well as for underserved populations around the globe. In 2015, BODYTRAFFIC was selected by the Obama Administration to be cultural ambassadors of the United States via DanceMotion USASM, a dynamic cultural diplomacy program that supports United States foreign policy goals by engaging international audiences through educational opportunities, cultural exchange, and performance. Produced by

BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), DanceMotion USASM is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State. BODYTRAFFIC has also served as cultural ambassadors of the United States in South Korea (2016) twice in Algeria (2017, 2018). BODYTRAFFIC has received generous support from the New England Foundation for the Arts, Princess Grace Foundation, The Joyce Theater Foundation, The Sydney D. Holland Foundation, Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, American Jewish University, and the dance department at Loyola Marymount University. BODYTRAFFIC.com

About the Artists

LILLIAN BARBEITO has a BFA from The Juilliard School where she studied on a 4 year, fulltuition scholarship awarded by Tomorrow’s Leaders of America for her essay on the world dancing together in

harmony. Lillian had an extensive performance career that took her to Europe, New York, and then finally to Los Angeles, where she founded BODYTRAFFIC with Tina Berkett. She is passionate about mentoring dancers of all ages and abilities and has taught internationally for organizations such as CalArts, Idyllwild Arts Academy, L’Ecole deDanse de Quebec, Northwest Dance Project, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, UCLA's Department of World Arts and Cultures and Loyola Marymount University where is currently onfaculty. Lillian is one of 28 teachers in the world who is certified in Anouk van Dijk’s groundbreaking Countertechnique. She honored and excited to be the first instructor to bring this valuable training system to The School at Jacob's Pillow this summer. She has choreographed over 50 works for high schools, universities, competitions, and professionaldance companies throughout the US and Canada. Lillian is deeply grateful to her family, especially Grant, Oliver, and Forest, for their love and support.

TINA FINKELMAN BERKETT (Artistic Director / Performer) grew up in New York City. Under the tutelage of Michele Cuccaro Cain, she trained and learned to love dance. Tina attended Barnard

College, Columbia University and graduated summa cum laude with degrees in math and economics. Upon graduation she joined Aszure Barton & Artists and performed with the company throughout the United States, including at Jacob’s Pillow and Spoleto festivals. Tina became Aszure Barton’s assistant and taught alongside Barton both in the US and abroad. She had the incredible honor of being a founding member of Mikhail Baryshnikov’s Hell’s Kitchen Dance, where she also served as the company’s dancer liaison. In 2007, she moved to Los Angeles and founded BODYTRAFFIC with Lillian Barbeito. Tina often says BODYTRAFFIC is the dream come true, that she never knew she had. She is so thankful for the past 10 years and feels so in debt to all who have played a part in this incredible journey. In particular, Tina must thank her family and her son Jack for being her greatest inspirations and supports.

SIDRA BELL is currently a Master Lecturer at the University of the Arts (Philadelphia), was Adjunct Professor at Barnard College (Columbia University), and has a degree in history from Yale University and an MFA in Choreography from Purchase College Conservatory of Dance. Her critically acclaimed company and choreography has been seen throughout the United States and internationally in Denmark, France, Austria, Turkey, Germany, China, Canada, Aruba, Korea, Brazil, and Greece. Bell is a sought after master teacher and her alternative approach was featured in Dance Teacher Magazine (2012) and Dance Studio Life Magazine (2013). She has taught her unique creative practice of movement, improvisation, and technique entitled Contemporary Systems - An Interior & Material Approach at major institutions for dance and theater throughout the world.

STIJN CELIS started his dance education at the Koninklijke Balletschool in Antwerp. He studied at the Graham school in Florence, danced with Royal Ballet of Flanders, Zurich Ballet, Contemporary Dance Zurich, and Le Ballet du Grand Theatre de Genève. In Genève, Mr. Celis started choreographing and was invited to choreograph for the opening performance of the Holland Festival. He later danced and choreographed for the Cullberg Ballet in Stockholm. In 1998, Mr. Celis stopped performing and moved back to Antwerp to study stage design at the Hogeschool voor Dramatische Kunsten and later worked at the Het Zuidelijk Toneel. He resumed choreographing creating ballets for Ballet Gulbenkian, Les Grands ballets Canadiens, Ballet Nurnberg, Bern Ballet, Cedar Lake, IT danca, Ballet Mainz, Diversions, Icelandic Dance Company, Sujet a Vif, Nederlands Dans Theater II, and Ballet Wiesbaden. He collaborated in opera productions at La Monnaie, Nederlandse Reisopera, and Les Rencontres d’Opera Baroque. From 2004 until 2007 Mr. Celis was the artistic director of the Ballett des Stadttheater in Bern. Recently, Mr. Celis choreographed Henze’s Ondine for Aalto ballet in Essen and has been a short-term scholar at the Juilliard School. His future commissions include Gothenburg Ballet, Ballet of the Semperoper Dresden, Introdans Holland and Jacob’s Pillow. Mr. Celis currently resides in Montreux, Switzerland.

OHAD NAHARIN is one of the world’s preeminent contemporary choreographers and has been the recipient of several major awards. Born in 1952 in Kibbutz Mizra, Mr. Naharin trained at Batsheva Dance Company, The School of American Ballet, The Juilliard School, and Maurice Béjart’s Ballet du XXe Siècle in Brussels, among others.

After living in New York from 1978-1990, he returned to Israel in 1990 where Naharin was appointed Artistic Director of Batsheva Dance Company, and in the same year, he established the company’s junior division, Batsheva – the Young Ensemble. He has since created over thirty works for both companies, and he has restaged many of those works for companies around the world. In addition to his stagework, Naharin also developed GAGA, an innovative movement language based on research into heightening sensation and imagination, becoming aware of form, finding new movement habits, and going beyond familiar limits. GAGA is the daily training of Batsheva’s dancers and has spread globally among both dancers and non-dancers.

MATTHEW NEENAN began his dance training at the Boston Ballet School. He later attended the LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts and the School of American Ballet in New York. From 1994-2007, Matthew danced with the Pennsylvania Ballet where he was also named Choreographer in Residence. Matthew’s choreography has been featured and performed by the Pennsylvania Ballet, BalletX, The Washington Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Ballet West, Ballet Memphis, Milwaukee Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Tulsa Ballet, Ballet Met, Oklahoma City Ballet, Juilliard Dance, New York City Ballet’s Choreographic Institute, Sacramento Ballet, Nevada Ballet Theatre, Indiana University, Opera Philadelphia, and LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts (NYC), among others. He has received numerous awards and grants for his choreography from the National Endowment of the Arts, Dance Advance funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Choo San Goh Foundation, and the Independence Foundation. Matthew has been honored to receive the New York City Ballet’s Choreographic Institute’s Fellowship Initiative Award and fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. In 2005, Matthew co-founded BalletX with fellow dancer Christine Cox and is now the resident dance company at the prestigious Wilma Theatre.

RICHARD SIEGAL is the founder and artistic director of The Bakery Paris–Berlin (2005). Recognized by a New York Dance and Performance Bessie Award, The German National Theater Faust Award, S.A.C.D. Prize, a Beaumarchais, and The Mouson Award, Richard Siegal has generated international attention for a body of work that includes performances, new media projects, workshops and publications. Richard Siegal has been Artist/Choreographer-in-Residence at ZKM/Karlsruhe, Bennington College and The Baryshnikov Arts Center. As a faculty member of the American Dance Festival, he curated the annual Forsythe Festival. Siegal is a MacDowell fellow and honorary member of The Bolshoi Ballet's Benoit de la Danse.

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LORRIN BRUBAKER began dancing at age 10 in his hometown of Apopka, Florida. He trained with Duvall Dance academy and furthered his education with the dance magnet program at Dr. Phillips

High School. Lorrin has participated in various intensives and programs such as Bates Dance Festival, Summer Stages, Lines Ballet, BODYTRAFFIC, Springboard Danse Montreal, and Axis Connect. Lorrin has had the honor of performing works by Jose Limon, Lar Lubovitch, Jerome Robbins, Mark Morris, Aszure Barton, and Peter Chu. He has also had the honor of presenting new creations by LeeWei Chao, Camille A. Brown, Brian Brooks, Ginette Laurin, Zvi Gotheiner, Matthew Neenan, and Peter Chu. Lorrin graduated with a Bachelors’ in Fine Arts from The Juilliard School in 2017. Lorrin joined BODYTRAFFIC in 2017.

JOSEPH DAVIS was born and raised in the beautiful hills of upstate New York, and can be easily identified from a distance by his cacophonous laughter. He began his studies at The Draper Center for Dance

Education in Rochester, New York and continued his training at The Juilliard School on tuition scholarship from New York City Dance Alliance, where he received his BFA under the direction of Lawrence Rhodes. Joseph has had the opportunity to perform works of Jíri Kylián, Crystal Pite, Sol Leon and Paul Lightfoot, Kyle Abraham, Shannon Gillen, Twyla Tharp, Martha Graham, José Limón, Camille A. Brown, Joeri Dubbe and Sylvain Emard. He has also performed alongside Brian Brooks Moving Company at New York City Center’s Fall for Dance festival, and in Kate Weare’s residency at BAM Fisher Hall. Joe joined BODYTRAFFIC in 2016.

HALEY HECKETHORN was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada where she graduated from Las Vegas Academy as a dance major. In 2013 she moved to Vancouver Canada to join the Arts Umbrella

Dance Diploma program under the direction of Artemis Gordon. During the two-year program, she participated in the Young Choreographers program mentored by Crystal Pite, allowing her to create two original works on the Arts Umbrella Dance Company. In 2015 she was awarded the Emerging Artist scholarship by the RBC Canada Council. She joined

Crystal Pite’s Kidd Pivot as an apprentice and has performed with Peter Chu’s Chuthis. Haley teaches and choreographs for schools on the west coast as well as teaching yoga. She is thrilled and honored to be joining BODYTRAFFIC and continuing her artistic journey in Los Angeles. Haley joined BODYTRAFFIC in 2018.

NATALIE LEIBERT began training at various dance schools in the Los Angeles area including company work with Westside Dance Project in Redondo Beach, and Pacific Festival Ballet in Agoura Hills.

She continued training at the Miami City Ballet School and Alonzo King LINES Ballet Training Program. Leibert has attended workshops and programs at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, the Joffrey Ballet School, the School of American Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet and the Juilliard School, in addition to Nederlands Dans Theater and Batsheva Dance Company. Natalie joined Hubbard Street 2 as an apprentice in August 2014 and was promoted to full company member in August 2015 through 2016. She joined BODYTRAFFIC in 2016.

JESSICA LIU holds a BFA in Ballet as well as a BS in Exercise Physiology from the University of Utah. She received additional training from Alonzo King LINES Ballet, the San Francisco Conservatory

of Dance, and the Washington Ballet. Past projects include LED, SALT Contemporary Dance, and Oakland Ballet Company, performing the work of Lauren Edson, Gabrielle Lamb, Brendan Duggan, and Garrett Smith, among others. Jessica has presented choreography at Mudson, a Salt Lake City-based works-in-progress series, and choreographed for Municipal Ballet, Boise Dance Co-Op, and summer intensives for the University of Utah’s Ballet Department, Ballet West, and Boise State University. Additionally, she served as the assistant director of SALT II, the second company of SALT Contemporary Dance. Jessica joined BODYTRAFFIC in 2017.

GUZMÁN ROSADO started dancing at the International School of Dance of Carmen Roche Scaena in Madrid on a scholarship sponsored by the Ministerio de Cultura de Madrid. Guzmán danced with

Ballet Joven de Carmen Roche until 1999, when he was offered a scholarship to attend the School

of American Ballet (SAB). After his time at SAB, Edward Villella invited him to dance with Miami City Ballet. From 2002 to 2007, Guzmán danced with Companhia Portuguesa de Bailado Contemporaneo. In 2007, with André Mesquita and Teresa Alves da Silva, Guzmán co-founded a cultural platform, Tok’Art. He has performed extensively as a guest artist throughout Europe. He teaches ballet, yoga, and movement workshops. Guzmán is currently BODYTRAFFIC’s resident filmmaker and has won awards for his film work. Guzman joined BODYTRAFFIC in 2012.

JAMAL WHITE was raised in Atlanta, GA and began his training at Dance Makers of Atlanta under the direction of Denise and Lynise Heard. He studied as a scholarship student at Virginia School of the Arts and

trained in intensive programs at Kirov Academy of Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and London Contemporary Dance School. In 2011, Mr. White received a B.F.A. in Dance Performance from Southern Methodist University, where he performed works by Arthur Mitchell, George Balanchine, Pascal Rioult, Alvin Ailey, Robert Battle, and Martha Graham. He has also performed in Rasta Thomas' Rock the Ballet, Missouri Ballet Theater, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, Alvin Ailey II, and Collage Dance Collective. Jamal joined BODYTRAFFIC in 2017.

DORA QUINTANILLA (Company Manager) is originally from Monterrey, México. Her studies and career as a dancer informed her understanding on how to handle the production and

managing of dance companies. She has collaborated as a performer, stage manager, production/tour manager and assistant to Artistic Directors with different national and international artists in multidisciplinary projects. She served as Artist & Event Services Manager at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival for five years, focusing on arranging all artistic and administrative logistics, and the many other facets of this 10-week Internationally renowned dance festival. She is happy to have joined the BODYTRAFFIC family in 2013.

BURKE WILMORE (Production Manager & Lighting Designer) is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 and an honors graduate of Wesleyan University. He has designed or adapted seven

works for BODYTRAFFIC and has also lit the work of Camille A. Brown (Black Girl: Linguistic Play, Mr. Tol E. Rance, City of Rain). He was the resident designer for Battleworks (2001–2010) and to date has lit five of Robert Battle’s works for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. For American Repertory Ballet, he lit Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo and Juliet. He frequently collaborates with Broadway star André de Shields, for whom he lit the Louis Armstrong musical Ambassador Satch, and designed scenery and lighting for de Shields’ production of Ain’t Misbehavin’. Mr. Wilmore designed scenery and lighting for Apollo Club Harlem, and Ellington at Christmas, both at the Apollo Theater. Burke has worked withBODYTRAFFIC since 2012.

COMPANY PRODUCTION TEAM COLLABORATORSRAQUEL BARRETO (Costume Designer) is a Brazilian-born costume designer working in theater, dance, and opera. Raquel has also collaborated with choreographers Yolande Snaith,

Robert Moses, and Allyson Green. She received an MFA in Costume Design from UC San Diego and is on the design faculty at UCLA.

RITA DILORENZO (Costume Designer) studied fashion at Apparel Arts in San Francisco and received her bachelor of arts from San Francisco State University. Designing primarily in the

women's contemporary market, she has worked with such notable companies as Banana Republic, Joie, and Forever 21. Rita currently lives and works in Los Angeles.

ERWIN REDL (Set & Lighting Designer) is known for his architecturally scaled light installations, he investigates the process of “reverse engineering” by (re-)translating the abstract aesthetic language of virtual

reality and 3-D computer modeling back into architectural environments. In this body of work, space is experienced as a second skin, our social skin. Visual perception works in conjunction with corporeal motion, and the subsequent passage of time. Born in 1963 in Gföhl, Austria, Redl studied electronic music and composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. Then he moved to New York City, where he studied Computer Art at the School of Visual Arts, on a Fulbright Scholarship. He currently divides his time between New York City and Bowling Green OH.

AVI YONA BUENO (BAMBI) (Lighting Designer) was born in Israel. He is one of the leading and most prominent lighting designers in Israel and has worked with leading Israeli and

international artists in various genres including music, theatre, opera, dance and visual arts. He began his career as lighting designer for Israeli and international musicians. He is the resident lighting designer of the Batsheva Dance Company and has worked with choreographer Ohad Naharin in both Israel and abroad for over 20 years. He has

designed lighting for more than 100 theatre productions in all local leading companies as well as for numerous dance companies in Israel and abroad. He is the resident lighting designer of the Itim Ensemble and of the Gesher Theatre. He has designed lighting for many television shows, park productions, multimedia projects, indoor and outdoor light installations and visual arts projects. He won numerous awards for his work.

ERI NAKAMURA (Costume Designer) was born in Japan in 1984. In 2002 she graduated from The Australian Ballet School in Melbourne. During the years 2003-2007 she danced with Victor Ullate Ballet

Company in Madrid and later, from 2007 to 2008, with Les Grands Ballet Canadiens de Montreal in Canada, under the artistic direction of Gradimir Pankov. Eri Danced with Batsheva between 2011-2015 and designed the costumes for "Last Work" (2015), "And Still" by Danielle Agami (2015), "Yag" (2016) and "Venezuela" (2017).